Hello campers. Grab your marshmallows and gather around the true crime campfire.

Wear your camp counselors. I'm Katie and I'm Whitney and we're here to tell you a

true story that is way stranger than fiction. We're roasting murderers and

marshmallows around the true crime campfire.

So campers this is your April patrons only special episode. As you know sometimes

these special episodes are just regular TCC episodes, extra cases. But

sometimes we like to mix things up and do something a little different. This

month we decided to walk you through some of the most common most classic

cons and scams. We'll give you a little history on each, tell you how they work

and how to avoid them. Just about anybody can get got so this is good info to

have. So put on your PJs, grab your snacks and let's hang out and talk about

Gryfton.

We're gonna start with what's probably the most famous con game the pigeon drop

which I hope you won't be disappointed to learn does not involve actual pigeons.

I know that's a drag, but it does involve cash. Sometimes a relatively minor

amount, sometimes a lot. This scam can be run in a few different ways so the

details can change depending on the scammer. But the basic deal with the

pigeon drop is that the scammer will end up convincing the mark aka the pigeon to

give them some money as collateral in order to score a much bigger amount of

money. Now this is one of the oldest scams on the books. It's been around for

500 plus years which I think is astonishing and here's one of the ways it

might play out. You're walking to your car in the parking lot after work or

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